Rivers of France

Map showing the important French rivers

River map of France

  • The longest river in France is the Loire, which flows from the south to the north and then east into the Atlantic ocean.
  • The river Seine has its source in Burgundy and then flows through Paris to the English Chanel.
  • The Rhone begins in the eastern mountain region of the Alps then flows south to the Mediterranean Sea.
  • The Rhine defines a natural border between France and Germany.


    • There are thousands of kilometres of navigable water ways and canals, used both for pleasure and commercial traffic.

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